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Jauronimo

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  1. No, your article mentioned stock market winners. Stock market winners aren't the guys working on wall st and they aren't benefiting from HFT. Take a look at wealthiest families in this country and see how many of them appear on this list. http://www.cnbc.com/id/39038892
  2. I'm not going to explain general corporate finance and capital projects to you.
  3. Really? What % of the "stock market winners" cited in that article actually work on Wall St? What % of CEOs and entrepreneurs work on Wall St? Are the nameless, faceless bankers benefiting from HFT? Anytime there's some type of Wall Street scandal you fit it in to your wealth concentration/robber baron narrative and it makes no sense within this context.
  4. How are the super rich getting richer by stealing from themselves? While you continue to B word about wealth concentration maybe you should look at exactly where it occurs. Looks like the medical field is pumping out those 1% ers. But I suppose that's noble. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-one-percent-occupations/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/1-percent-most-common-jobs_n_1017640.html In your example, the very people pushing for alternatives to remedy the problem are institutional asset managers tired of HFT adding basis to both sides of their trades. Are institutional traders now sympathetic parties?
  5. What is your opinion on any of the half-dozen topics briefly touched on in the article? If these exchanges are providing best execution by filling orders with "high frequency traders" operating in these pools of the damned, then I don't see an issue. If the pay for deal flow arrangements aren't in the best interest of the client, then there's an issue. Personally, I don't understand the fuss over high frequency trading. If you want to try and grind out fractions of a penny by front running on the investment decisions of others then good !@#$ing luck. It can and does generate money but coupled with less efficient pricing and increasing volatility, its getting more and more risky. You're asking for trouble. Market pricing has become less efficient naturally since the crash in 2008. Funds have shifted away from active investors into more passive strategies. The rise of ETF's has really hurt active investors and by extension pricing efficiency. The constant re-balancing has also increased volatility. That sounds scary, but where there's inefficiency there's opportunity for fundamental and value investors. I don't think we are nearing a point where our markets are at risk of losing integrity. I expect a shift back to active managers down the line as market efficiency creates opportunity and above market gains for active strategies.
  6. I'm of the opinion that climate change obviously does exist, mankind has played a role in its acceleration and the consequences of climate change remain murky at best but are cause for concern. Absolutely no idea as to what should or reasonably could be done at this point.
  7. Finger in the ass Burnt bagel Cleaning the soup pot mid simmer Anything else?
  8. Haven't the indigenous people of this continent been through enough? Robbed of their land and betrayed by the federal government, should they really have to bear the shame of owning the Bills?
  9. Shake is right. Psychotic, but right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!
  10. There's no need to qualify that statement.
  11. Make sure that you give your bank notice that you will be out of the country and need to use your debit and credit card. Getting declined with no access to cash isn't fun. Carry cash. You'll want it. Cell usage and cost is highly variable depending on the hardware you have, carrier and plan. If you have an old iPhone 3 handy you can probably get a prepaid SIM card. Talk to your carrier.
  12. What about the run on and general lack of anything resembling style? When you do it in every post, its not baiting. Its illiteracy.
  13. They have every right to do the job but are inherently not as capable as men when it comes to comprehending and reporting on intricacies of games played by children. Thats a man's work. As is driving. But Muslims have unenlightened views when it comes to gender differences. All super important IT professionals like yourself know this to be true.
  14. I never said you did. I don't need to put words in your mouth. The record speaks for itself.
  15. Ironically enough, in PPP he posited that Islam was a pox on humanity with women's' rights at the crux of his argument.
  16. Tom: "Sand....its like everywhere. I know we're at the beach but... I just didn't think there'd be this much." Giselle: "I haven't been happy for a long time."
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